Toshi Yoshida, "Hikone Castle in Spring" (PS)

The town of Hikone sits on the Eastern shore of Lake Biwa. Here, the famous castle at Hikone is seen perched on a hill in the distance. 

Date: 1951
Size: Oban (approx. 9" x 14")
Lifetime edition, pencil-signed
Condition: Fine/excellent
Publisher: The Artist
Frame Shown: 16" x 24", Classic Wood, Clear Walnut

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) is one of the twentieth century's most important woodblock print artists. Toshi is part of a long and famous line of past and present artists whose influence and popularity persist to this day. His father, Hiroshi Yoshida, was a master painter and woodblock print artists at the height of the shin-hanga print movement.